Li Qinghuan

?The next day, the two got up early and left Yangcheng in the dim light of the day.

The two walked side by side, Song Li tilted his head and looked at the horse under Ji Qing's crotch, feeling a little familiar.

Ji Qing noticed his gaze and asked concerned: "What is Your Highness looking at?"

Song Li rubbed his nose and said, "I always think this horse looks familiar."

Ji Qing smiled: "That's right, this horse was originally yours."

Song Li suddenly realized that this was the horse he was riding to the bamboo forest.

"I just said it looks so familiar." Song Li felt resentful towards the horse, and muttered, "But Heming, this horse is not very obedient. How can you ride it on such a long journey to the south of the Yangtze River?"

Ji Qing reached out and stroked its mane: "It's not disobedient, it's very obedient."

Song Li looked at the horse again, the horse seemed to understand their conversation, turned around and snorted at him as if in a demonstration.

Ji Qing tugged on the rein, and the horse turned its head back docilely. Song Li was dumbfounded. Is this the stupid horse that threw him into the lotus pond that day?

Seeing that his expression was different, Ji Qing raised his hand and shook it in front of him, with some concern in his tone: "Your Highness, why are you in a daze?"

Song Li came back to his senses and shook his head: "No...it's nothing, I just feel that it suddenly became obedient."

It turned out that it was because of this, Ji Qing said with a smile: "It was quite obedient."

Song Li: "..."

Seeing his appearance, Ji Qing smiled: "Okay, don't think about it, let's go."

Song Li nodded: "Okay, oh, by the way, where are we going next?"

"Jinxi"

……

Yu Du, Ji Mansion.

Yuan Xi stood in the center of the front hall with his hips akimbo.

Yuan Qingyang leaned on the chair with his legs crossed, eating melon seeds to watch the excitement.

Yuan Xi looked at his beloved vase that had been smashed to pieces on the ground, and at the two honest-looking children in front of him, and felt a surge of anger in his chest that could not be raised or suppressed.

Yuan Xi: "Tell me yourself, who fell?"

Ji Luoyan: "Me!"

Baozi: "Me!"

Yuan Xi suppressed his anger: "Who fell?"

Ji Luoyan calmly said, "Brother Yuan, I fell."

Baozi hurriedly said, "Brother Yuan, don't listen to her, I really fell. I'm sorry, Brother Yuan."

Ji Luoyan said angrily: "You fart, you already said I fell.

Yuan Qingyang: "Hey, the little girl has a bad temper."

Yuan Xi rubbed the center of his eyebrows, glanced at Yuan Qingyang, and said, "Father, don't interrupt."

Baozi turned his head and looked at Ji Luoyan weakly.

Yuan Qingyang smiled indifferently: "Okay, I won't interrupt."

Do not interrupt?impossible.If I don't interrupt, can you find out who threw it?

Yuan Qingyang said not to interrupt, but his hands were restless, he picked up a cup casually, and gently threw it towards the two children.

Baozi suddenly saw a cup flying over, and closed his eyes in a moment of bewilderment.

Seeing that the cup was about to fall on Baozi's head, he suddenly stretched out his hands to catch the cup firmly. It was Ji Luoyan.

Yuan Qingyang clapped his hands, then ate melon seeds.

"Yuan Xi, do you know who fell it now?"

Yuan Xi suddenly realized that Ji Luoyan reacted quickly, the vase was much bigger than the cup, if it was Ji Luoyan, it is unlikely that the vase would have the chance to fall on the ground.It must have been the dumpling.

Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy.

Yuan Xi: "Luoyan, are you quite righteous?"

Ji Luoyan also knew that there was no way to quibble now, so she stepped aside, pursed her lips and said nothing.

When Baozi saw this, his small eyes rolled, and he quickly jumped out to admit his mistake: "Brother Yuan, you can punish me. I don't have the money to pay you for the vase right now, but I will pay you when I have money in the future."

Yuan Xi looked at Baozi's cramped eyes, and finally couldn't bear to scold him, took a deep breath, and said in a slow tone: "Forget it, I'll let you off this time, be careful when you two play, don't damage other things." stuff. Also, don't go to your pretty brother's place."

Baozi felt that he had narrowly escaped death, so he nodded in agreement.

Yuan Xi rubbed his forehead: "Okay, go on and play, don't break other things."

Baozi nodded, and happily pulled Ji Luoyan out.

Yuan Qingyang said unhurriedly: "Wait a moment."

Ji Luoyan turned around for fear that he would punish Baozi, and looked at Yuan Qingyang pitifully.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Qingyang smiled at her and said, "Little girl, do you want to learn kung fu from me?"

Ji Luoyan's eyes lit up, and then the light in his eyes dimmed again, his eyes dodged, and he said awkwardly: "Can women also learn?"

Yuan Qingyang didn't take it seriously: "Who said women can't learn? You are very talented."

After hearing this, Baozi quickly interrupted: "The emperor... Didn't the emperor not allow you to practice martial arts?"

Yuan Qingyang pursed his lips: "The law only says that the royal family and nobles are not allowed to practice? The folks just look down on people who practice martial arts."

Baozi was stunned: "Ah...is that so?"

Yuan Qingyang sneered: "Not allowed to practice martial arts? A man would not have the idea of ​​practicing martial arts in his heart. Those who say they look down on martial arts are a bunch of mobs. Can the emperor not know such disadvantages? It's just that he is worried that he won't be able to do it. Immortal imperial power."

Baozi was dumbfounded when he heard that, dare to say that to the emperor, he will die...

Yuan Xi sweated profusely: "Father, stop it...don't talk about it."

Yuan Qingyang touched his nose embarrassingly, then shut up.

After a while, he seemed to think of something serious, and then he yelled at Ji Luoyan: "Little girl, are you practicing or not?"

Ji Luoyan hesitated, and asked again: "Is it really possible?"

Yuan Qingyang nodded: "We people in Jianghu don't pay attention to those vain things. If you want, I will teach you."

"I'll practice." Ji Luoyan nodded slowly, his movements were slow, but his voice was extremely firm.

Yuan Qingyang laughed loudly: "Okay! You have good bones, but your body is too weak. From now on, you will start at five o'clock every day to strengthen your body and bones. Can you do it?"

Ji Luoyan: "It can be done.

When Baozi heard the two of them make up their minds, he panicked and thought, "If Luo Yan practices martial arts every day, who will play with me? Isn't he very boring?"

Baozi thought for a while, then whispered, "Yuan...uh... Uncle Yuan, can I follow along?"

Yuan Qingyang raised his eyebrows: "You?"

Baozi nodded hurriedly.

Yuan Qingyang: "You can't bear this hardship."

Baozi lowered his head aggrievedly.

Yuan Qingyang glanced at him again, then smiled and said, "I'll teach you a few ways to defend yourself, okay?"

Baozi thought in this way that he would not be bored alone, so he nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, of course."

Now Yuan Qingyang has taken in another talented apprentice. He is in a good mood and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, go and play, remember, it's five o'clock, and it will start tomorrow."

Ji Luoyan: "Yes."

Baozi: "OK."

After watching the two children leave, Yuan Xi also sat down lazily: "Father, you have taken in another apprentice, and you still can't take time off at your age, so you're doing all you can."

Yuan Qingyang grabbed the melon seed husks on the table and threw them at Yuan Xi: "You are only a few years old! Your father and I are in the prime of life."

Yuan Xi was so shocked by his father's thick skin that he was speechless.

Yuan Qingyang: "Look at the two of them who have nothing to do all day apart from studying, and I happen to be free too. That little girl has good bones, so I just accepted her as an apprentice."

Yuan Xi: "Do you think you don't have enough apprentices? You figure it out yourself, how many wild juniors have you accepted for me and senior brother?"

Yuan Qingyang really counted with his fingers: "Not many, only a dozen or so."

Yuan Xi rolled his eyes almost to the sky: "That's not much?"

Yuan Qingyang smiled: "Aren't I cherishing talents?"

Yuan Xi smiled: "Forget it, forget it, you have the final say when you are older."

Yuan Qingyang was furious: "You little bastard, can you talk?"

Yuan Xi quickly admitted his mistake with a smile: "I was wrong, you can teach me if you want, but don't be too tired."

Yuan Qingyang sighed, looked outside and said nothing.

Over the years, he could indeed feel that he was slowly aging.

Seeing this, Yuan Xi comforted him, "Father, I said the wrong thing. In fact, you are not old, you are only in your 40s, and you are as strong as a cow."

Yuan Qingyang scolded: "Is there anyone who comforts people like this? You really should learn how to speak from your brother."

Yuan Xi said innocently: "You will still be scolded for comforting you. If I don't comfort you, you will be hurt again. It's not good for me to comfort you, and it's not good if I don't comfort you. It's really hard to serve."

Yuan Qingyang laughed and scolded: "You little bastard, don't be an eyesore here, get out."

Yuan Xi pursed his lips and happily left.

……

Song Duan got off the morning court and sat in the sedan chair without any relaxation. The news from the border only made him feel physically and mentally exhausted.The harassment and attacks of Hu people on the border of Jizhou and Youzhou became more and more rampant, as if they were testing the strength of Wei.

The general guarding Hangu Pass was a county king who was exiled at the frontier pass when he ascended the throne. If the barbarians were serious, the two prefectures of Ji and You that Hangu Pass was connected to would become their pockets in less than a year. With the ethos of hundreds of young generals and the promulgation of the ban on military affairs, the Song Dynasty court has no generals with both ability and political integrity except He Huaizhou. If they are sent to Hangu Pass, there will be no one in the Central Plains.Such a huge imperial court is really stretched in terms of generals.

If it really doesn't work, revoke the ban on martial arts, train some children of the same clan, and recruit some talents who are good at soldiers from the people. This group of useless rice buckets in the court should also be replaced.Song Duan thought almost self-destructively.

Song Duan was actually planning for the worst. Whether it was recruiting talents from the people or revoking the military ban, it was very difficult for him.

The light martial arts atmosphere formed by the Great Wei for hundreds of years has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There are very few people who practice martial arts, and even if they can find people who practice martial arts, they may not necessarily be generals.Youdao is easy for thousands of troops, but hard for one general.Most of the martial arts practitioners that the people can find come from poor families, and most of them are illiterate. How can they lead the army?

As for revoking the military ban... he would never do that unless it was absolutely necessary. History has never lacked examples of military power and then forcing the palace to take over.If he had a bit of royal blood...and Wei also established his country by force, if the ban on martial arts was revoked, his power would be lost... No, neither of the two methods can be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

To be honest, it's not that Song Duan is ignorant of Wei's situation, but he just doesn't want to divide his power and hand over his bargaining chip to secure the throne to others. Now that all the troops in the four realms are in his hands, he really doesn't want to share any of them.

He thought about it for a moment, and felt that it was still too late. At this time, Da Wei hadn't reached the critical moment, and he hadn't reached the point.

Thinking of this, Song Duan cheered up again, and said in a deep voice, "Come here, pass on the Minister of the Ministry of War."